Academic Calendar 2023/2024 - Global Spiritualities: Religious Traditions in the Contemporary World

RLCT 2046  Global Spiritualities: Religious Traditions in the Contemporary World

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits completed.

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course examines important methodological, historical and critical themes in Eastern religious traditions. Topics of discussion may include: eastern ideas of the divine, the feminine face of God, and pathways to the sacred including meditation, ritual and pilgrimage. Contemporary themes may include: the hazards of Orientalism and the dialogue between east and west.